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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Quota allocation

A total quota of 210 athletes are allowed at the Games (105 both men and women). The first 93 quota allocations, per gender, will be assigned from the 2024/25 World Cup Nation Cup score. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List (as of January 18, 2026), to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.

From the 2024/25 world cup final standings, NOCs ranked 1-3 will qualify six athletes, 4-10 five athletes, and 11-20 four athletes, for both male and female competitions. The final twelve spots in each gender are filled individually from the IBU Qualifying points list to a maximum of two for a nation, from nations not already qualified. Two of these spots will be used by the host if not already qualified. The host may only start in the relay competitions that they have enough qualified athletes for. Reallocation of unused quotas will be from the IBU Qualifying points list for nations that have not yet qualified, or only have one qualifier. For each event a maximum of 4 athletes per NOC may compete, except the Mass Start in which it remains possible to qualify up to 6.

Minimum Requirements

During the 2024/25 or 2025/26 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual and have at most an IBU Qualifying point total of 150 or less. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each). All relay members must meet this requirement as well.

Qualification standings

Standings after 8 of 26 events. Men's standings Position Country Nations Cup Points 1  Norway 2932 2  France 2867 3  Sweden 2529 4  Germany 2490 5  Ukraine 2162 6  Italy 2161 7  Slovenia 2070 8  Finland 2060 9  United States 2027 10  Switzerland 2008 11  Czech Republic 1959 12  Austria 1770 13  Belgium 1607 14  Poland 1604 15  Bulgaria 1436 16  Romania 1397 17  Estonia 1311 18  Latvia 1303 19  Lithuania 1198 20  Kazakhstan 068 21  Canada 994 22  Slovakia 850 23  South Korea 667 24  Moldova 657 25  China 317 26  Croatia 248 27  Greece 35 28  Spain 30 29  Denmark 23 30  Mongolia 13 31  Japan 0

Standings after 8 of 26 events Women's standings Position Country Nations Cup Points 1  France 2843 2  Sweden 2755 3  Germany 2644 4  Norway 2411 5  Italy 2202 6  Ukraine 2040 7  Austria 2035 8  Czech Republic 2012 9  Poland 2008 10  Switzerland 1986 11  Finland 1928 12  Slovenia 1623 13  Estonia 1608 14  Belgium 1600 15  Canada 1486 16  Bulgaria 1474 17  Latvia 1343 18  Slovakia 1335 19  United States 1208 20  Lithuania 1007 21  Kazakhstan 915 22  Moldova 802 23  Romania 730 24  South Korea 492 25  China 458 26  Australia 173 27  Croatia 99 28  Great Britain 41 29  Japan 0 30  Denmark 0

IBU Qualifying points

As of 24 December 2024.

Men's standings Position Athlete Points 1 Timofei Lapshin 41.75 2 Maksim Makarov 52.98 3 Adam Runnalls 57.06 4 Pavel Magazeev 64.89 5 Matija Legović 71.82 6 Krešimir Crnković 74.58 7 Jakub Borgula 79.88 8 Yan Xingyuan 84.77 9 Sondre Slettemark 85.66 10 Mikito Tachizaki 88.32 11 Tomáš Sklenárik 89.24 12 Logan Pletz 89.44 13 Gu Cang 111.18 14 Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat 111.19 15 Aleksei Starodubets 111.48

Women's standings Position Country Points 1 Alina Stremous 42.71 2 Fuyuko Tachizaki 72.15 3 Ekaterina Avvakumova 78.36 4 Darcie Morton 80.15 5 Anastasia Tolmacheva 83.86 6 Aliona Makarova 84.33 7 Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko 97.05 8 Olga Poltoranina 100.09 9 Tang Jialin 103.13 10 Anika Kožica 105.17 11 Ukaleq Slettemark 105.33 12 Andreena Mezdrea 110.60 13 Meng Fanqi 113.13 14 Ko Eun-jung 122.21 15 Aoi Sato 139.43

1. ^ Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.

References

1. "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano-Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
2. "World Cup Standings 2024/25". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. "IBU qualifying points men". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
4. "World Cup Standings 2024/25". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
5. ^ "IBU qualifying points men". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

External links

• Qualification for the 2026 Winter Olympics